Polycystic echinococcosis in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon: an update

By means of epidemiological and clinical-laboratorial approaches was consolidated an update of polycystic echinococcosis in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon, period from 1962 to 2003, including unpublished cases and those already published. In that way, they were identified 40 cases of the disease in re...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2004, Vol.37 Suppl 2, p.75
Main Authors: Soares, Manoel do Carmo Pereira, Moreira-Silva, Carlos Augusto, Alves, Max Moreira, Nunes, Heloisa Marceliano, Amaral, Ivanete Abraçado do, Móia, Lizomar de Jesus Maués Pereira, Conde, Simone Regina Souza da Silva, Almeida, Fernanda Barbosa, Rodrigues-Silva, Rosângela, Crescente, José Angelo Barletta
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Animals
Brazil - epidemiology
Child
Echinococcosis - epidemiology
Echinococcosis - parasitology
Echinococcosis - pathology
Echinococcus - classification
Echinococcus - isolation & purification
Female
Humans
Immunoblotting
Male
Middle Aged
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Summary:By means of epidemiological and clinical-laboratorial approaches was consolidated an update of polycystic echinococcosis in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon, period from 1962 to 2003, including unpublished cases and those already published. In that way, they were identified 40 cases of the disease in referred period, understanding cases coming from the States of Pará and Amapá, Brazil. The width of the ages went from 10 to 72 years and 47.5% belonged to the masculine sex. The liver was the attacked organ (82.5% of the cases). The Echinococcus vogeli (Rausch and Bernstein, 1972), comes as the main agent involved. Starting from the recognition of the importance and of the implications of the handling of the echinococcosis for the tropical area, it is believed that should happen an improvement of the diagnosis, appropriate treatment and of a better registration of the disease.
ISSN:0037-8682